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Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
By:howard
Date: 2/23/2014, 11:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps (ddaniels)

well....i looked at all the recomendations and tried ddaniels approach....a bit of wood glue and some sanding over the top of it.

i think this worked out pretty well and most of the gaps i am dealing with were less than a milimeter. a couple that were slightly bigger appear to have come out just fine too.

it was a very fast approach and finished off a number of these minor gaps in a couple hours.

i am probably a week or so away from staining....and as mentioned before....expect to be staining a dark brown....so was not overly concerned about dark areas. the base wood is a dark red cedar to start....so was not trying to match a light color.

will write another note if it looks like a mistake after i stain and expoxy.....but so far so good.

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Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
howard -- 2/21/2014, 9:42 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Kevin Greer -- 2/21/2014, 10:25 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps *PIC*
Tim Sheehan -- 2/22/2014, 12:59 am
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Lynden McMartin -- 2/22/2014, 10:40 am
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Charles Robinson -- 2/22/2014, 5:13 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
ddaniels -- 2/23/2014, 3:36 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
ddaniels -- 2/23/2014, 3:50 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
howard -- 2/23/2014, 11:06 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Bill Hamm -- 2/24/2014, 12:09 am
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
howard -- 2/24/2014, 6:37 am
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Matt Jakubek -- 2/24/2014, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/24/2014, 2:27 pm
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Bill Hamm -- 2/25/2014, 1:05 am
Re: Strip: approaches to dealing with gaps
Allan -- 2/23/2014, 6:32 pm